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package org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core;

import org.apache.commons.jelly.JellyTagException;
import org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport;
import org.apache.commons.jelly.XMLOutput;
import org.apache.commons.jelly.expression.Expression;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;

/** A tag which evaluates an expression
  *
  * tag out
  */
public class ExprTag extends TagSupport {

    /** The expression to evaluate. */
    private Expression value;

    public ExprTag() {
    }

    // Tag interface
    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    @Override
    public void doTag(final XMLOutput output) throws JellyTagException {
        if (value != null) {
            final String text = value.evaluateAsString(context);
            if (text != null) {

                try {
                    output.write(text);
                }
                catch (final SAXException e) {
                    throw new JellyTagException("could not write the XMLOutput", e);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    // Properties
    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Sets the Jexl expression to evaluate.
     *
     * @param value required
     */
    public void setValue(final Expression value) {
        this.value = value;
    }
}
